diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index 82b28ab0f328a1..09c9cde06f2047 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ static int alarm_timer_nsleep(const clockid_t which_clock, int flags,
 	struct restart_block *restart = &current->restart_block;
 	struct alarm alarm;
 	ktime_t exp;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!alarmtimer_get_rtcdev())
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;